PRINTER'S NO. 4915
No. 3080 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, SOLOBAY, GRUCELA, MANN, BELFANTI,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
FABRIZIO, GOODMAN, HALUSKA, HANNA, HERSHEY, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KOTIK, McGEEHAN, MUNDY, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PISTELLA,
REICHLEY, SANTONI, SHANER, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STABACK,
TANGRETTI, THOMAS, TIGUE, TURZAI, WALKO, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 13, 2006
AN ACT
1 Providing for State assistance grants to municipalities for
2 regionalizing police operations; imposing powers and duties
3 on the Center for Local Government Services; and making an
4 appropriation.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Short title.
8 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Regional
9 Police State Assistance Grant Program Act.
10 Section 2. Definitions.
11 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
12 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
13 context clearly indicates otherwise:
14 "Center." The Center for Local Government Services within
15 the Department of Community and Economic Development of the
16 Commonwealth.
1 "Program." The Regional Police State Assistance Grant
2 Program established under section 3.
3 Section 3. Regional Police State Assistance Grant Program.
4 (a) Establishment.--The Regional Police State Assistance
5 Grant Program is established and shall be administered by the
6 center.
7 (b) Purpose of grants.--The center shall award grants to
8 municipalities that need financial assistance to regionalize
9 their police operations with other municipalities. Grant funds
10 may be used for staff salaries, police equipment and related
11 start-up expenses.
12 (c) State matching funds.--The amount of each grant awarded
13 under this act shall be equal to the amount of Federal funds
14 received by the municipality from the Pennsylvania Commission on
15 Crime and Delinquency for the same purpose. No grant under this
16 act may exceed $100,000 for any three-year period.
17 (d) Application.--The center shall develop and distribute a
18 uniform application for applicants to submit for grants under
19 the program.
20 (e) Review.--The center shall review applications submitted
21 for grants under the program and shall approve them if they are
22 complete and the applicant agrees to the terms and conditions
23 for the grant as determined by the center.
24 (f) Pro rata distribution.--If there are insufficient State
25 funds appropriated for grants in any year, the center shall
26 distribute the grant funds on a pro rata basis.
27 Section 4. Rules and regulations.
28 The center shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to
29 implement and administer the provisions of this act.
30 Section 5. Appropriation.
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1 The sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated to the Center for
2 Local Government Services within the Department of Community and
3 Economic Development for the purpose of making grants under this
4 act.
5 Section 6. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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